Migrate Exchange Server mailbox data to a .PST file

There are different ways to extract data from an Exchange mailbox and put it into a .PST file; which can then be attached directly to an Outlook profile. For just a few mailboxes, you might want to use Outlook's built-in Export feature. Run through the wizard to export the data into a .PST file.

Optionally, you can use the ExMerge utility included with Exchange Server, although this requires some knowledge of Exchange permissions. ExMerge will allow you to extract all the messages in one action from the server itself.

Once you've moved mail into a .PST file for a given user, create a new Outlook profile and select the .PST as the delivery location.

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